Story Elements
All fictional stories have this structure.
What is a plot
It can help readers to figure out the author's purpose of an informational text by identifying the ________ of the text.
The text feature that tells about a photograph.
What is a caption
True or False: When answering questions, readers must always remember that each question relates back to the central idea or plot of the text.
When reading a story, what is the reader looking for at the beginning?
What is the Problem or Conflict
The reader can tell the author's purpose of a persuasive text because it will include the author's ___.
What is the claim
When you read a bold word in the text, you should use _____________ to infer the meaning of the word.
What are context clues
What are thoughts, feelings, actions, dialogue
Readers can infer this message based on the plot of the story.
What is a theme?
Scenes in a play change when the location changes or _______________.
What is time passes
Information that is telling you similarities and differences between two things is organized using this text structure.
What is compare and contrast
You can use this to look up the definition of a word that you don't know.
What is a dictionary
When deciding the author's purpose of a text, the reader should be able to prove answer by providing evidence from ____________.
What is every section of the text
What is the B, M, and E of the text
The person who writes a play is called?
What is the playwright
Readers can tell when a passage is fiction because they will see ____________
What is dialogue
When your write a short constructed response, first you tell your thinking and then you tell this.
What is text evidence
The part of the plot that is the turning point, or the most intense moment is called
What is the climax
Text that informs a reader about a person who made an impact on society.
What is a biography
This part of the script tells actors where to go, how to act, and setting changes. It is usually italicized and in parentheses or brackets.
What is Stage Direction
Tells the important parts of the text. It tells the big ideas, not small details.
What is a summary
To make sure you do your best, you need to do this when answering a question.
What is prove your answer